New & Noteworthy

Shania Kuo published a new “There’s Research on That”, Not Just a Monolith: Complicating Asian American Identity. In this piece, she unpacks some of the problems with the umbrella term “Asian Americans”. Immigration, panethnicity, East Asian cultural overshadowing, and anti-Asian Racism are all covered.

In case you missed it, I created a quick list of some TSP Thanksgiving-themed pieces. This includes our fantastic video and TROT by Isabel Arriagada and Mahala Miller on family conflict around the dinner table.

From the Archives

War in the Middle East, Ukraine, and around the world continues to make headlines as more lives are destroyed. Learn more about The Impact of Distance from War by Kristalena R. Herman.

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Contexts has their Fall 2023 issue to read before 12/15 for free! Check out the table of contents to read about machine learning, divorce in Korea, college access after incarceration, and more!

Council on Contemporary Families has new content on persistent racial housing inequality in public housing by Junia Howell, Ellen Whitehead, and Elizabeth Korver-Glenn.

Our friends at The Berkeley Journal of Sociology are accepting submissions for their 65th Volume until December 15th! Click here to send your submission and reach a public audience! Also, in case you haven’t already, order the 64th Volume – “Space and Place at the Margins” – here.

Here are some Thanksgiving-themed pieces to read as you are recovering from your food coma!

• Table Talk for Thanksgiving by the 2018 TSP Grad Board.
• Visual Soc: Family Meal Conflict by Isabel Arriagada and Mahala Miller (includes a video and TROT!).
• Cut the Turkey and Run by Evan Stewart in Sociological Images
• From our archives: Thanksgiving of Sociological Images by Lisa Wade.
• National Holidays and Settler Colonialism by George Dalbo from the Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies.
• Season’s Greetings from America’s Men from Sociological Images by D’Lane R. Compton PhD and Tony Love.
• Preparing for Thursday: Some Tips on Arguing about Trump by David Banks from Cyborgology.
• 23 Thanksgiving Food Facts by Lisa Wade from Sociological Images.

New & Noteworthy

Mason Jones and I published a new Discovery on work by Catherine Sirois, Dependent, Delinquent, or Denied? In her research, Sirois found resource scarcity was causing social workers and probation officers to be “institutional offloading” youth who required lots of time and attention.

Mallory Harrington’s media report on Clippings includes Casey Stockstill in Chalkbeat on her new book False Starts: The Segregated Lives of Preschoolers,  A.J. Jacobs in CNN on raise increases in Toyota, Honda, and Hyundai factors – possibly a preemptive move to prevent union organizing, Kevin Woodson in Fortune on his new book The Black Ceiling: How Race Still Matters in the Elite Workplace, and Mariana Luzzi in Barron’s on Argentina’s inflation and poverty crisis.

From the Archives

In the United States, Thanksgiving is around the corner. This holiday is notorious for family conflict around the dinner table, especially with politics. Learn more about some sociology behind this phenomenon from our video and TROT, “Visual Soc: Family Meal Conflict” by Isabel Arriagada and Mahala Miller.

Black Friday is also this week. Check out Nathan Palmer‘s piece on this consumer holiday to learn about the ritualization of this shopping frenzy.

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Contexts has their Fall 2023 issue to read before 12/15 for free:

• Fall 2023 issue of ASA’s Contexts Magazine, including pieces on cannabis, obesity, parenting, and more!

In case you missed it, Engaging Sports latest:

• A piece on CrossFit by Kevin M. Anzzolin. As a former CrossFitter I can wholeheartedly endorse this piece – highly recommended read.

First Public’s latest:

• Dialogues on Intro to Sociology Textbooks with Shamus Khan and Dalton Conley

New & Noteworthy

This week TSP’s Caroline Garland published a new Discovery, Hard Work Pays Off?, on work by Rebecca Wetter and Claudia Finger. In this piece, we learn about the buy-in of the belief of meritocracy of German medical students. Students with parents who attended college were more likely to believe their hard work paid off than students whose parents did not attend college — who felt admissions were more dependant on class or influence.

Our Clippings this week features Patrick Sharkey and Megan Kang in The New York Times on gun laws and gun deaths and Michael Rocque in Boston Globe on gun laws and safety in Maine. We also have Adia Harvey Wingfield in the Harvard Business Review on workplace culture and the experience of Black employees, Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Alison Gemmil, and Sarah Hayford on millennial hurdles to having children in The Washington Post (great read), coverage of Pete Simi‘s testimony on the current Trump ballot trial in Colarod in the Ohio Capital Journal, and Gillian Gualtieri in Hyperallergic on the U.S. arts and culture industry.

From the Archives

The Grammy Award Nominations were released on November 10th! Learn more about what these awards mean for artists by reading Contexts recent article by Rose Xueqing Zhang.

Election results came in last week, highlighting some of the stakes and possibilities for next year’s election. Read S Ericson’s Discovery on work by Bart Bonikowski, Yuval Feinstein, and Sean Bock on the national political cleavage.

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Contexts has several new pieces including:

• Arlene Stein’s experience with having her book Unbound: Transgender Men and the Remaking of Identity targeted for a possible book ban.
• Understanding the conditions necessary for megachurches to grow and flourish in the United States by Peter Muzzerall.
• Mia Brantley’s piece on her work on interviews with 35 Black mother’s experiences on parenting.

Council on Contemporary Families has two new reads:

• Sung S. Park writes up her recent study on the experiences of People of Color with Disabilities exposure to inadequate conditions and hazards in their home.
• Jennifer Tabler, Ruby Charak, and Rachel M. Schmitz work with LGBTQ+ people experience with identity-related abuse during childhood and subsequent mental health challenges in adulthood.

New & Noteworthy

This week’s Clippings includes Samuel L. Perry‘s work in The Washington Post on new House Speaker Mike Johnson and assault weapons, Carolina Are in El País on sexualization in social media, Carolyn Liebler in The Washington Post on the Census and measuring Americans with Indigenous heritage, and Amin Ghaziani in SciTechDaily on the ambivalence of coming out experiences of LGBTQ adults.

From the Archives

Pain and suffering are commonplace in the news, especially now. Read j. Siguru Wahutu’s TROT on “consuming the pain” through images of the “other” in the media.

Daylight savings time was this past Sunday (in case you haven’t noticed by now). Learn more about the history of Daylight Savings time by reading Lisa Wade’s piece in Sociological Images.

Backstage with TSP

Because of TSP’s growing student board, we have increased the number of “pitches” per week (where students review recent academic articles, write a brief summary, and present the articles to the rest of the board) and “workshops” (where students share their Discoveries drafts on screen and the rest of the board provides feedback real-time). This increased frequency of pitches and workshops will enable us to publish more content in the upcoming months!

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Contexts has a new piece on “dyadic interviewing”, interviewing both young adults and their parent, in research with Elena van Stee, Gaby Flores, Ariel Chan, and Angelica Qin.

Council on Contemporary Families has a new piece on 7 patterns of women’s journey through motherhood, education, and work through adulthood by Bo-Hyeong Jane Lee and Anna Manzoni.

First Publics has a new Reflections by Michael Kennedy on his teaching journey towards a critical and public-oriented approach.

New & Noteworthy

We have two new ‘There’s Research on That” pieces, a YouTube video, and our weekly Clippings of Sociology and Sociologists in the news for you to check out:

• In the spirit of Halloween, Mallory Harrington & Nicole Schmitgen wrote up work by sociologists and research on the paranormal, “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered: Sociology of the Cultic and Paranormal“. Check it out to learn more about what we know on this topic, including how “cultic milieu” shares space in our world with skepticism.
• I wrote a piece on the research on body-worn cameras, or body-cams, used by police officers. Turns out that body-cams benefit both police and the public and the use of the technology has skyrocketed in recent years.
• We have a new YouTube video up and ready for you to view! Our own Eleanor Nickel produced a video on a recent discovery of ours, “Separate, Unequal, and Denied: The Double Discrimination of Black Disabled Students“.
• Our latest Media Report on Clippings features Bethany Everett in USA Today on abortion care, Patricia Hill Collin‘s award of $1 million for the Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture and was interviewed in TIME, Daniel Jaffee wrote an article for The Conversation on the role of bottled water used as a stopgap for crises, Marianne Cooper in Human Resources Director on LeanIn.org and McKinsey‘s annual Women in the Workplace report, and Katie Spoon on women in the academy, with Kimberlee Shauman commenting on the value of the study providing insight into the academic field.

From the Archives

Japan ruled an existing requirement for sterilization for people setting gender change to be unconstitutional. Read more about “trans joy” from Contexts to learn more.

The NHL recently reversed its ban on rainbow-coloured Pride tape for their sticks. To learn more, read Justin Maietta‘s, “make ‘hockey is for everyone’ for everyone”.

Backstage with TSP

We had a great discussion about several candidates for our upcoming SOC 101 episodes last week. Our next steps will be reaching out to authors to schedule interviews, writing questions, and forming episode teams. More to come!

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Contexts latest includes:

• Part 2 of Dr. Aldon Morris‘s work from University of California Press blog highlighting his and other scholars’ efforts to ensure the legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois.
• Rose Xueqing Zhang writes up work by Eddie Caumiant and colleagues on the effect of social environments and alcohol consumption.

Council on Contemporary Families has a new piece to read:

• Marcus Maloney and Kate Babin write up some research and what we know about the “manosphere” and loneliness of heterosexual boys

New & Noteworthy

TSP board member Eleanor Nickel has a new Discovery, “Love Behind Bars.” Based on a recent article by Kristin Turney, Katelyn Rose Malae, MacKenzie A. Christensen, and Sarah Halpern-Meekin, the ripple effect of jail incarceration is strongly felt by women and children of incarcerated persons.

Our latest Media Report on Clippings features some Spookiology from Margee Kerr, Lars Birger Davan, Marc Eaton, and Dennis Waskul in Axios and Atlas Obscura, Patricia Romero-Lankao on transitioning to green energy and equity in NPR, and Alexei Levinson on the war in Ukraine and Putin’s career in The Bell.

From the Archives

How do we relate to people around the world experiencing war and trauma? Read our ‘There’s Research on That’ by Brooke Chambers to learn more about how distant war and the degree media coverage can impact our selective empathy of conflicts.

Student loan forgiveness developments continue to make headlines. Read our ‘There’s Research on That’ by Amber Powell on how student loan debt disproportionately impacts students of color and women.

Backstage with TSP

We are growing! New board members are joining the TSP team and bringing new perspectives and energy! Podcast planning is also our primary project. We are currently looking for recent sociological books to add to our current SOC 101 episodes.

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Contexts has new pieces to check out:

• Sophie X. Liu writes up work by Liliana V Rodriguez on the role of humor in coping with impossible situations.
• Dr. Aldon Morris‘s essay from the University of California Press blog highlighted his meeting with the president of Ghana, Akufo-Addo, on W.E.B. Du Bois’s legacy in Ghana.  

Council on Contemporary Families latest include:

• Patricia Drentea writes up the change and evolution of the meaning of family, based on her latest book Families and Aging

New & Noteworthy

Meet some of the TSP student board members from our last board meeting in our latest TikTok! The TSP board is made up for undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Minnesota and led by Dr. Christopher Uggen and Dr. Douglas Hartmann.

Mallory Harrington published a new Discovery by Michelle Gomez Parra and Lorena Garcia on the impact college has on young Latina women. Gender and sexuality expectations were core drivers for Latinas to attend college and redefine their identity.

From the Archives

Fall is in full swing and Halloween is right around the corner! Read “Why We Love Autumn” by Edgar Campos to learn about how our emotions are connected with this cozy time of year.

Claudia Goldin won the Nobel Prize in Economics for her work on women in the workplace and how education and occupational choices diverge for men and women after the birth of a child. For men, fathers made more than non-fathers, while mothers made less than non-mothers. Learn more from a piece in Council on Contemporary Families by Tania Cabello-Hutt and Kate Weisshaar.

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Contexts‘ latest include:

• Elena van Stee talks with Dr. C.J. Pascoe on her new book Nice Is Not Enough Inequality and the Limits of Kindness at American High. Click here to watch the interview and learn more about U.S. school’s culture of kindness.
• Parker Muzzeall writes up research on green-construction and how local civic institutions can guide these environmentally friendly initiatives.

Council on Contemporary Families:

• Stephanie M. Ortiz shares findings from her new research on college women and their negative online experiences of sexism, violence, and abuse.

New & Noteworthy

Nicole Smitgen and the TSP social media team has done it again! As ABC’s The Golden Bachelor continues to frequent headlines, our latest TikTok highlights research by Lauren Harris on online dating for older adults. Check out the TikTok and our recent Discovery!

We recently released our 2nd podcast episode with Dr. Natasha Warikoo on her book, Race at the Top: Asian Americans and Whites in Pursuit of the American Dream in Suburban Schools. Our board members Nicole Smitgen, Caroline Carland, and Mason Jones had a blast interviewing Dr. Warikoo and learned a lot! Check out the podcast here.

Leo LaBarre wrote up a new Discovery, “Autistic Person” or “Person with Autism”?, on work by Connor Keating, Lydia Hickman, Joan Leung, Ruth Monk, Alicia Montgomery, Hannah Heath, and Sophie Sowden. Give it a read and learn more about language preferences in the Autism Community.

From the Archives

Narges Mohammadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize this past Friday. She has worked for decades towards gender equality in Iran and is currently sentenced to 31 years and 154 lashes for her work. Learn more about “women, life, freedom” in Iran by reading a piece written by Maryam Alemzadeh in Contexts.

Katalin Kariko also won a Nobel Prize for her work on the development of technology to create mRNA vaccines for COVID-19. Dr. Kariko has faced a number of barriers in her career – which is not uncommon for women in STEM careers. Read our TROT on these barriers here to learn more.

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Contexts:

• Dan Brook has a quick and humorous piece on a recent sociology experience at the airport.
• Sophie X. Liu wrote a piece on work in Social Networks on editors on Wikipedia.

Council on Contemporary Families:

• Daniel J. Bartholomay addresses the assumptions behind the question If a man is dating a woman, what is the man’s sexuality?

New & Noteworthy

First off (in case you missed it) we are happy to share that Clippings is back – thanks to TSP board member Mallory Harrington! TSP will bring you weekly updates of sociology and sociologists in the news. This week we have Janet Vertesi in The Conversation on NASA and AI-human teams, Matthew Desmond in the ACLU’s podcast At Liberty on poverty, Juliet Schor in NPR’s TED Radio Hour on the four-day workweek, Neil Gross in Time on police reform, and Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve in WHYY on a police officer charged with over 200 sex crimes.

“Your Tweets, pictures, and messages may be used against you.” Also from Mallory Harrington’s desk, we have a new Discovery on Social Media in Criminal Trials from work by Jeffrey Lane, Fanny A. Ramirez, and Desmond U. Patton. In this piece, we cover how public defenders face many challenges in defending their clients on the social media front.

From the Archives

The current national blood shortage is leaving vulnerable people at risk. Blood donations, sociologists have found, are largely motivated by altruism, empathy, and internal-personal motivations. Click here to read TSP’s “There’s Research on That” on blood donation by Jillian LaBranche.

Sexual assault rates are typically high during the beginning of the school year and this time (August-November) is known as the “Red Zone”. Reporting these sexual charges is usually left to victims, but the act of reporting a sexual assault can subject victims to risks. Read our Discovery Counting the Cost of Reporting Sexual Assault by Amber Joy Powell on work in Sociological Science.

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Contexts has two new pieces for you to read:

• Bonnie Siegler and Greer Mellon wrote about their research on the presence of anti-Asian biases of White parents’ school preferences for their children.
•  Rose Xueqing Zhang wrote about attachment styles and memories of past relationships shaping how we think about current relationships.

Council on Contemporary Families published:

• Mari Tarantino and Tyler Jamison shared findings from their research from interviews with lesbian, gay, and bisexual young adults on how they navigated and managed their relationships.